Seven passengers have been confirmed dead in a ghastly road accident that occured along Amasiri axis of the Afikpo-Okigwe Highway in Ebonyi State. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ebonyi State Command, Mr Anthony Okorie, confirmed the accident in Abakaliki. The accident involved a sienna bus and a truck laden with stones. The vehicles had a head on collusion when the truck driver impatiently swerved to the lane of the sienna bus. The drivers of the two vehicles survived the accident while corpses of those who died had been deposited in the mortuaries.